Esther 8:12

12 in one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

Esther 8:12 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 8:12

Upon one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, namely,
upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
] The day appointed and fixed in the former letters for the destruction of the Jews, ( Esther 3:13 ) .

Esther 8:12 In-Context

10 And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and he sealed [the letters] with the king's signet ring and sent them by couriers on horses, riding on royal horses {bred by} racing mares.

11 [In them] the king allowed the Jews who [were] in every city to assemble and {defend their lives}, to destroy and kill and annihilate any army of any people or province attacking them, including women and children, and to plunder their spoil,

12 in one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

13 A copy of the {edict} [was] to be given [as] law in each province to inform all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves from their enemies.

14 The mounted couriers on the royal horses went out without delay, urged by the king's word. The law was given in the citadel of Susa.